London Social Care recruitment agency listing

The scope of social care work available in London is vast and varied. A city of 12 million people with a variety of lifestyles, ages, disability statuses and a lot of social housing, the UK's capital is home to plenty of social care jobs. The umbrella of social care incorporates many different groups of people needing support; from people affected by substance misuse, to vulnerable youth.

Often, the best place for both employers and candidates to look is specialist social care recruitment agencies, or sector branches of large firms. They often take care of staff DBS checks, and have all the right industry knowledge when it comes to policy and necessary experience.

Social care has definitely been affected by the recent UK budget cuts, with many reported redundancies. There is a lot of temporary work to be found and this can offer freedom and flexibility, although permanent roles obviously have the advantage of clearer career progression. If you are an experienced social care worker, you will probably want to look even more closely at the opportunities offered in any permanent job. For example does the role offer NVQ training alongside it?

Many social care jobs will require at least 6 months experience - not always within the same sub-sector, but certainly within social care itself. Accordingly, a lot of people looking to break into this sector get their first experience through voluntary work.

Since London is so vast, and travel can take so long, if you are looking for employment that may require a lot of home visits, for example as a housing support officer, you may want to aim to find work within your own London borough, or at least close by.

6 Recruitment Agencies found

Bamboo Childcare

Bamboo have been working in the social care field for 25 years recruiting staff from Care assistant to Director of services within both adult, children's and social work services. We will talk with you to gain an understanding of your service before using a variety of means to source high calibre candidates that will add value to your team. We are so confident in our services we offer a 12 week free replacement service.

Janus Childcare Recruitment

Janus Recruitment focuses mainly on the Social Work and Child Care areas of the Social Care industry, finding candidates for roles including: Nursery Nurse, Deputy Managers and Qualified Social Workers. Mainly working within London, the South East, East Anglia and the Midlands, we use our years of experience to bring candidates that will thrive in your workplace to your attention, so that you and your business can prosper.

London, South East, East Anglia and the Midlands145-157 St Johns Street, London, City of London, EC1V 4PW

G&E Recruitment LTD

Here at G and E Recruitment, we are a small and friendly business firm with consultants that care. We work with a variety of industry sectors to provide our candidates and clients with what they need as well as building everlasting relationships. Our aim is to help businesses grow by recruiting high quality staff with the right talent.

LONDON, SOUTH EAST AND MIDLAND55 Old Broad St, London, Greater London, EC2M 1RX

Tennyson Care & Education

Tennyson Care provide temporary staff in the north west and permanent staff nationwide to care homes and residential settings. We work on a 24-7 basis and aim to work within a 2-hour time frame from the point of contact. We provide enthusiastic staff that are happy to fill in for staff off work due to illness, holidays or maternity leave. We are fully covered to provide a range of highly skilled staff for a wide range of sectors including NHS.

Tennyson Catering

Tennyson Recruitment is one of the UK's rapidly growing recruitment agencies. We go above and beyond all other agencies to find our clients core recruitment needs and will endeavour to deliver a service of excellence at all times. We are very competitive on prices and have a wide range of staff in our Catering and Hospitality division and all staff are fully trained with food hygiene and silver service.

Service Care - Health & Social Care Division

Service Care Solutions supply social work, residential / domiciliary care, healthcare and substance misuse staff into temporary and permanent vacancies across the UK. We have specialist consultants in all areas. We have a large pool of available workers at very competitive rates.